“Life is messy. Grit and grace come at us fast, side by side. Sometimes the grit becomes overwhelming and diminishes our spirit. What’s good seems lost and gone forever. This is a story about the pathway back to what’s beautiful,… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“Most of all, I remember her laughing. It filled my ears. Her smile, her sparkling eyes, and her infectious laughter, along with the vistas,… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“With each opportunity before me, God presented me with a choice. I could accept His offerings, His wisdom, His grace. Or I could choose… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“Life is messy. Grit and grace come at us fast, side by side. Sometimes the grit becomes overwhelming and diminishes our spirit. What’s good… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear.” — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I thought that day was the end of my life. It was the end of the world as I knew and understood it. I… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I could accept my circumstances, my life, people, and even events around me, without giving my approval or releasing my control over such. I… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I’m not ‘different’ from anyone else. Crises and tough emotional periods are the grit around which my inner self has been formed. Some, I… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“Deep down inside of me, way down deep, in a place previously unknown; I heard it: a solid, honest, compassionate whisper. It was quiet,… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“Most teenage suicide attempts are cries for help; the teens survive, succeeding in bringing them the wanted attention. Mine was not a cry for… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I call it an Aha! moment. It is the moment when I can hear, when I know, that an answer is being offered to me. All other sounds measurably fade, including the banter in my brain. It is when the answer travels from my heart to my head and says, “This is so.” No questions follow, no objections interrupt; just… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share
“I was desperately searching for something to make sense; for the world to connect back with me.” — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
